Mythical Match Up #1: Ray Leonard vs. Aaron Pryor (Spring, 1982)

[Anomalocaris]

Extra extra read all about it, Ray leonard goes to the Cordon Blue cooking school to learn how to tantalize his opponent with an excellent version of Steak au pove. Duran takes the bai... eats the steak!

Excellent.

[Anomalocaris]

Leonard is one of the greatest p4p fighters ever. I have him about 17th if I recall correctly. The guy may have been pretty, but he was a beast in the ring.

I have him top 12 actually, and Tommy (who I think only the two Rays could win at 147/154 against him) at around 15 -17 or so.

[billeau2]

Excellent.

[billeau2]

I have him top 12 actually, and Tommy (who I think only the two Rays could win at 147/154 against him) at around 15 -17 or so.

Leanard was incredible. He had the purest mix of talents since the other Ray... He could hit hard, fast, had a chin, was defensively great, had a will of iron. Just the whole package.

[Anomalocaris]

Leanard was incredible. He had the purest mix of talents since the other Ray... He could hit hard, fast, had a chin, was defensively great, had a will of iron. Just the whole package.

He certainly was.

Those people who still call him a pretty boy runner (usually Duran or Hagler fans on YouTube) are talking out of their a*se.

Apart from the other Ray who else could have beat Tommy at welter?

No one as far as I am concerned.

[billeau2]

He certainly was.

Those people who still call him a pretty boy runner (usually Duran or Hagler fans on YouTube) are talking out of their a*se.

Apart from the other Ray who else could have beat Tommy at welter?

No one as far as I am concerned.

Makes me start to think that thename "Ray" might have a connection to boxing greatness!

[QueensburyRules]

Your hatred of Ray is utterly ludicrous - the first fight was incredibly close and Ray embarassed your hero into quitting in the second.

The list of excuses for Duran's loss to Leonard just never ends.

Oh and as for being a chicken, in two years he fought Benitez, Duran twice, Kalule and the monstrous punching, freakish Hearns.

- - Hatred? What kind of soft lad are U?

Oh, the kind where just da facts end up being a sucker shot to U gut. Gold Medal Ray playing his financial hand much better than Alternate Pryor has no bearing on pro career where Pryor has a 10-0 High KO Championship career that statistically beats Ray as does Salvador Sanchez, Ray's contemporaries.

[Anomalocaris]

Makes me start to think that thename "Ray" might have a connection to boxing greatness!

Hmmm I never noticed.

[billeau2]

- - Hatred? What kind of soft lad are U?

Oh, the kind where just da facts end up being a sucker shot to U gut. Gold Medal Ray playing his financial hand much better than Alternate Pryor has no bearing on pro career where Pryor has a 10-0 High KO Championship career that statistically beats Ray as does Salvador Sanchez, Ray's contemporaries.

Pryor and Sanchez were special as well. And was Sanchez really a contemporary? Ray was in that group... And Sanchez was a featherweight, Ray a Welter no?

[JAB5239]

Makes me start to think that thename "Ray" might have a connection to boxing greatness!

It was...musical greatness. If I'm not mistaken he was named after Ray Charles.